Encore Program for Retired Attorneys

MFY provides opportunities for retired attorneys to “stay in the game” by becoming adjunct members of the staff of one of our projects or by working on special projects. Retirees choose the amount of time they wish to work and the kind of work they want to do. Interested retirees should fill out and submit a Volunteer Inquiry Form.

After retiring from the hurly burly of life as a corporate tax lawyer, when I pledged to never again open a law book, I found that I missed being a lawyer. I spent about six months searching for a situation that would meet my needs in retirement. I found it at MFY. During my time at MFY – I've been volunteering in the family law practice since 2007 – I've found the work to be interesting and working with my younger colleagues to be invigorating (indeed, almost everyone is younger and has more hair than I do). In all, volunteering at MFY has reinvigorated my commitment to the law and its ability to be an instrument of justice and allowed me to have fun being a lawyer once again.